Jewelry



Aug. 1, 1944. M. cHERNow JEWELRY Filed March 12, 1941 Patented Aug. l, 1944 Y UNITED STATES PATENT. -OFFICE i JEWELRY Michael heryllelow, New York, N. Y. Application March 12, 1941, serial No. sasss 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to initial jewelry and is applicable to mens, womens and *childrens jewelry generally, including cuif links, tie clasps, fobs, stick pins, nger rings, key chains, earrings, bracelets, brooches, clips, badges and thelike. 1 f

It is among the objects of the invention to provide an article of jewelry in which stamped initial units selected from stock by the ypurchaser may be almost instantly applied securely by the sales person to the face plate thereof, to produce a finished piece which does not appear to have been assembled from inexpensive stampings, but which has the earmarks of a costly piece, the initials on which appear to be an integral part of a plate made to order. y

Another object is to provide a simple and expeditious method' of fabricating initial units in massv production with unitary fastening means which, except for the original cost of dies, yinvolves but small expense for metal stock of standard gauge andpractically negligible expense for workmanship.' j l In the accompanying drawing in which is shown one of various possible embodiments of the several features of this invention, f f.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of rod Stock from which the initials may be made.v p Y v Fig. 2 is a view in longitudinal cross-section showing the swagng operation for vmaking the initials, p g Fig. 3'is a rear perspective View o f one ofthe initial units immediately after it has been swaged out,

Fig. 4 is a ,perspective view showing the process of milling the lug to form the mounting prongs,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view'similartoFig. 3 of the completed initial unit,

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a jewelry which the initial is to be applied, k A Fig. l is a View similar to Fig. Gishowing the face plate with the initials in placethereon,

faceplate to Fig. 8 is a view in longitudinal 'cross-section taken on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7 and on a largerv scale, indicating the method of afXing the initial unit in place upon thearticle of jewelry,

Fig. 9 is a view in longitudinal cross-section taken on the line 9-9 of Fig. '7 and on a larger scale of the completely assembled article and Fig. 10 is a rear plan view of a portion of the assembled article.

v Referring now to the drawing, there is illustratively shown in Figs. 6 and '7, the face plate II of an article of jewelry such as a cui link, tie

clasp, fob, pendant,V brooch, badge or the' like, which is provided with apertures I2 at whichfare to be secured the mounting prongs of the respetar"= tive initials. It vis desirable to provide initial units I3 each provided with unitary or integral prongs I 4 protruding from near the middleof the rear face thereof.v In the specific embodiment shown, the initial unit is made of fairly soft `metal which inthe precious embodiment may befo'f gold, platinum or silvervalloy and in the usual, less costly embodiments may be of gold plated soft brass. The prongs have an enveloping perimeter corresponding to the aperture l2. .y Y "In the specific embodiment shown, the initials are of generally square contour andthe mounting apertures in the faceplate have their edges parallel to the rim of the face plate. Illustratively the prongs I4 are shown as of width in the order of Te inch, and parallel tol each other, with ltheir outer faces spaced by a like distance Iof #-6, inch. The extremities of the prongs are shown rounded asat I5. ,A A, The initial units, selected as desired, are posiT tioned upon the face plate I I to cause the prongs I 4to "penetrate through theapertu're I2 ,into which they will fit fairly snugly, with the outer faces of the prongs engaging opposite. parallel edges along the length of the square aperture and the lateral edges of the prongs engaging the connecting parallel edges along the width of the aperture. A f

The prongsY I4 are preferably of length` no. greater than the thickness of the face plate II. but the rear face. of the latter is countersunk preferably as a circular depression I6 immedi. ately about the square aperture` I2 to accommof, date the extremities of the prongs, so that they will not protrude from they plane of such rear face. Desirably, the extremities II of the prongs I4 are deformed outward for securingthe initialA in position. Such deformation maybe effected, by resort to a wedging tool I8 having one vjaw IS..

with a leather face 20 to engagethe face of the initial I3 and the other jaw with a' conical die` ZI to be introduced between theprongsf-M, so` that upon exerting pressure, theprongs will be deformed and spread as best shown inFig. 10

to cause the median portion thereof to be curvedv edges of the initial will snugly engage the inner wall of the rim 23, to contribute to the secure keying of the initial in place and to the finished appearance of the completely assembled article. In the illustrative embodiment shown, the face plate I I is illustratively provided with transverse unitary bands 24 rising therefrom, the end of which will also engage the corresponding corner I3 of the initial I3 to assist further in keying1 the same in place, and in contributing to the attractiveness of the design.

In the particular embodiment disclosed, the main area of the face plate is shown roughened as at 25 and the polished initials rise therefrom as shown. The appearance of the nished article is that of an integral costly hand worked unit,

which does not afford any suggestion that it has been assembled from inexpensive stamped elements as above set forth. Y p

While the initial units may be fabricated in any of various ways, a simple, inexpensive and expeditious mode of manufacture is herein dis.-V

` 29 in the swaging operation, the metal is deformed tothe shape shown in Fig. 3, where the character proper appearsvatV 30 with-its outline, illustratively shown as the letter H, and where the excess stock that had been forced intorv aperture 28 of the die is the generally square block r3| of about 1% inch across, .protruding asa unitary integral part of the initial from the middle of the rear facethereof. The outer face of said block 3l will be rounded as at 32, corresponding to thefround conformation of the original unformed oval stock.

To bifurcate the block 3| in order to form .the two prongs I4 the jig shown in Fig. 4 is desirably provided, affording a track 33 for the initials proper which may be readily fed into position therein, wholly regardless which of the four sides of the generally square perimeter thereof is at the entry end. The upstanding ledges 34 of the jig are spaced by the width of the blocks 3I, the sides of which are thus engaged thereby as shown. A milling cutter 35 appropriately placed and Yof suitable width, in the order of a 312 inch wide, now mills outthe central portions of the blocks 3|, removing the material thereof clear down to the rear plane of the initial face II, whereby the block is bifurcated into the two unitaryA prongs I4 shown in Fig. 5. Y

It will be apparent that regardless whether the widths of the prongs happen in the finished initial to extend along the height of the initials or along the width thereof, theassembly-is exactly the same, because by reason of the generally square ^conformation of the initials, the prongs whether. extending along theV height of the plate or along its width when assembled, will be flared in exactly the sameway by the introduction of the conical die 2| as above described.

It will of coursebe understood that while it is preferred to apply the invention to the geometrically similar and specifically the square conformation of face plate, initial and mounting aperture as set forth, the broader claims embrace within their scope face plates, initials and apertures, any or all of which are of other shape, in fact of any contour, angular or curved.

While the jewelery has been designated in the claims as initial jewelry and finds its greatest eld of application in that use, it will of course be understood that any emblems, decorative or symbolicmight be substituted for the initials, and yet come within the scope of the claims.

It is also apparent that the face plate to which the initials are applied need not be an article of jewelry in the ordinary sense of the term, but may be an escutcheon or face place for luggage, wallets, golf bags, cigarette cases, furniture and other articles.

As many changes could be made in the above article and method and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope of the claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the'above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described-my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: Y

1. Initial jewelry comprising a face plate hav- Y ing a square aperture therethrough, a metal initial having unitary mounting prongs protruding from the rear face thereof, of width equal to the length of said square aperture, and with the outer faces thereof spaced by thewidth of said aperture, the protruding extremities of said prongsbeing flared outward along their longitudinal mid-sections for anchoring engagement with the plate. Y

2. The combination recited in claim l in which the prongs are of length no greater than the thickness of the face plate and the rear face of said plate is oountersunk about the square aperture to accommodate the flared ends of the prongs.

3. Initial jewelry comprisingv a square face plate having an upstanding rim, square apertures located along a diagonal of said plate and with sides parallel to those of said rim, square soft metal initials, each equipped with a pair of mounting prongsintegral therewith near the middle of the initials, the width of said mounting prongs extending parallel to the sides of said initials and being substantially equal to that of said square apertures, the outerV faces thereof being spaced substantially by the width of said square aperture, the prongs of each initial tting relatively snugly into the corresponding square aperture, and the initials being of dimensions such that a pair of adjacent edges thereof engage the inner-,wall of saidrim, said prongs being of length -no greater than the thickness of the plate, the apertures through the plate being enlarged at the rear face thereof to accommodate the outturned extremities of said prongs.

MICHAEL CHERNOW. 

